So. It was now the end of the term, and Vashti couldn't decide whether she was happy or sad over it. On the one hand, she was really anxious to get home and see her mum and dad, but at the same time, she was afraid of what she might see once she got there or what might happen...

So it was with a blank expression that the almost-fourth-year sat at the Ravenclaw table, setting Lucius, her no-longer-animated clay peacock, beside her with a sigh.

Jacob almost skipped into the great hall. He felt... diffrent. This year went by so slowly. Without Quidditch, the term is like a torturous painful long process of work. This term he was quite depressed and completely insane. This term had made him feel like an outsider, he was completely alone. No one really talked to him, and he had to admit, he didnt want to talk to anyone too. He felt like he had felt in his first year, he was diffrent. He knew nothing and no one.

But now, now Jacob was happy. Jacob was going home. He could break out his broom and fly after those poor birdies and taking swings at them with his bat. in just a few hours he would be Back to his little island, back to sword fighting with his grandpa-pa, back to taking care of those ancient ships. Back to being himself, Back to being a pirate.

Then the term will start again... but this time WITH Quidditch. Jacob had so much to look forward to.

Jacob actually Skipped his way over to the Ravenclaw table, and tried to keep himself from yelling out in joy. He simply nodded to Vashti, because right now he wouldn't be to controll what came out. So Jacob took a seat, and watched as the rest of the students filed in.

Ellie walked into the hall chewing on her lip. She felt awful. Mostly because she didn't know how to feel.

She felt sad, because Nia was leaving. And though she didn't see Nia all too much this term, it would just be so weird without her. Along with how next term she would feel a complete lack of people. All the seventh years will be gone. Even those she'd never talked to, she was sure she'd miss their presence. Just the fact that they're there.

But she was happy, and excited. Quidditch would return next term. She'd be back in the air, releasing anger and other emotions on an annoying bludger. There will be little ones running around, getting lost, making friends. A brand new year.

This small excitement contributed to her feeling awful, though. She felt bad that she could be excited for all these things, when Nia couldn't. Because she'd be gone. She felt bad anticipating Quidditch, when her very first, and only, captain would not be joining her.

Mind racing about all these things, arguing with itself, the girl found herself next to Jacob. A friendly face. A distraction. And so she sat herself next to him.

Jacob was staring at his plate for a few second, downed his water, and stared at his plate again. It was weird, he wasnt hungry. He was just so excited.

He looked around for more people, then

"AHHHHHH"

he shrieked in a high pitched girly tone, and focused more on what made him jump 10 feet into the air. A Person. A Redheaded Person. A Redheaded Girl. Ah his brain hurts now.

Jacob blinked a few times and finally saw Ellie was sitting next to him. "What is your problem, trying to scare me to death!" he started very angrily. No one heard that Girly Scream, right? What ever, Jacob was to excited to stay mad. "Anyways... Whatcha plans for the summer?" he asked, she was going to ignore that scream, right?

Jacob....Jacob screamed... Ellie laughed. Jumpy, this boy. That quality has infinite possibilities. Next term... Ellie will see how many times she can get him to do that. It'll be fun. It'll be like a game.

And so her excitement for next year increased. But not long afterwards, so did the guilt. Did it even make sense? Feeling guilty for being excited? Ugh.

"I don't think I'm the one with the problem." she pointed out. It was not in any particular tone. It was just as if she was stating a fact. Like answering a question in class. Therefore, she was not mocking him in any way. nope. "Flying, mostly." That was her only confirmed plan so far. And it was what she was most anxious for. She would spend all 24 hours in the day during the whole summer in the air if she could. "What about you?"

Sighing JD walked up with the big whipped creamy covered banana cream pie. He didn't see professor Vindictus yet, so he couldn't give him the pie yet. Sitting down in a seat, he places the pie right in front of him on the table.

Looking up at the staff table again hopeful, he winces when he realized that Lafay was there. Oh great! She was gonna plan something he just knew it. Groaning inwardly, she just had to be there first before any other professor, particularly Vindictus.

JD wasn't even really paying attention to where he'd even sat down, let alone who was around him. Not to mention he was jumpier than a kangaroo at the moment, because of Lafay...

End of term? Oh gosh. Hugo walked towards the table with an empty feeling in his stomach.
He went out of this term a little less lonely than he started it, but he started to feel not really having any Ravenclaw friends to have fun with.
Right... After Hogwarts. He would stay with his brother Elijah in London. That'd be fun, because it's close to Diagon Alley where he could meet up with people. Though it kinda sucked.

No more Hogwarts.... No more Hogwarts... Almost second year...

All good things must come to an end, but luckily for him there were six more years of Hogwarts ahead. He had never imagined school could be this much fun. He had learned so many things and met so many people, it was truly incomparable to anything he had ever experienced. As he entered the hall, Eino spotted his friend Hugo at the Ravenclaw table, so he walked towards him and took a seat next to him. "Hello Hugo." He greeted him with a smile. He was mostly curious to see what tasty treats the house elves had prepared, and wished he could avoid the Headmaster's announcement of Ravenclaw's disgrace. It had been a tough year for them, but next year it would be better! The hall was full and the feast was going to begin soon, so he wanted a chance to speak to a few people, and maybe make plans for the summer, before the feast began.

NOOOOOOO.

This could not be happening! After everything, he was leaving Hogwarts FOREVER. If Adam had been the mushy, crying-at-whatever kind of person, he would've been in floods already. But as it were, he held them in as he made his way, his very sloooow way, from the doors to the Great Hall over to the Ravenclaw table. Over to his table, because it was the place he'd sat for meals three times a day for the past three years.

Sinking into a seat near the end of the table, Adam put his head into his hands. He remembered three years ago, when he'd first started, how he'd thought that the girls was the only improvement on Durmstrang - it was still a school after all - but his views had completely changed. For one, he'd been sorted into Ravenclaw, and although that had been a shock initially, he'd gotten over it and now he was happy here.

And he really didn't want to leave.

Lorelai was heading to the Ravenclaw table now that she had seen her boyfriend head over there. And considering she hadn't seen him for months, she deserved her hug, and a nab of Ravenclaw's food. Teehee.

"Addddddyyyyypaaaaaants!" She called as she slid along the aisle, to take a seat next to him. "Babe? A... Are you okay? You don't have a fever do you? Are you crying? Oh god, don't cry, I already have, Cam's message in the book thing made me sob, and then so did mine. Are you okay?" ohhh. She was worried now.

The brunette placed a hand almost comfortingly in his hair, and sighed slightly. He needed a. Hair cut.

Adam kept his head in his hands as he head a voice that could belong to no one other than his girlfriend, but he didn't want to look at her now for fear that she would still have tears on her face. He smiled a little when she put her hand in his hair, and then reached up his own hand to remove it and thread his fingers between hers. In doing so, he looked up at her face.

"I'm not crying," he muttered after a pause, looking at her tear stained cheeks. He smiled rather ruefully as he lifted his other hand to wipe away a little droplet of water. "I just... I don't wanna go, Lor," he added hoarsely. "I like... love it here, way too much." Here, he paused and then let his face be lit up by a grin. "But there again, at least now we can buy a house together, see Tyler again... get a job...." he trailed off. Job. Oh joy.

Hugo turned around and saw Eino. Woot! A Ravenclaw friend!
"Hi, Eino," he said smiling. "Did you hear?" and then he suddenly looked sad again. "We're last in the house cup... I can't believe Hufflepuff got on to us so quick... We were like miles away!" he sighed.
"We're Ravenclaws for Merlin's sake! I'm so getting more points next year."

As she spoke down to him, the Prefect took a look around the whole hall, and chewed at her lip. This was taunting, how beautiful it looked right now, it pleaded with her to break down and cry, and throw a tantrum until she got to stay forever. Yet, it was completely bewildering to her, how beautiful it was, and how a tinge of her wanted to leave, and let her remember it for it's beauty before anything horrible happened to it.

"Good, I don't like to think of you crying," It made HER want to sob uncontrollably again, like she had in the dorm multiple times. She started to play with the fingers of their joined hands, just like usual, and smiled hastily. "I know, Ad. I know. Hogwarts... Well it's home isn't it, home and it has been for a while. You prolonged it for a year, feel lucky." Lori laughed awkwardly, as she tried to make this situation into a joke. Terribly, of course.

ah. Work. "You can just sing places, get some money whatver. My trust fund can cover us for now." It would for a while, too. "So we are gonna get a house? I thought you were ll skeptical about the idea? " She hadn't been. She'd rather be in a house than a flat thing. Something that was THEIRS, and not just shared with other people. "Yeah... I want to see Tyler. And go visit Torin in New York. Promised Don I'd take him too..."

Adam sighed and watched Lorelai as she surveyed the Great Hall. He joined in, noting how cool the sky looked right then, and squeezed her hand. This, them leaving, wasn't right. Shouldn't be happening. Because Adam really didn't want it too.

"I don't cry. I'm a man, and men don't cry," he said with a wink. "Don't you cry Lorelai. Please, don't cry." He didn't like seeing Lorelai all upset, and she'd already cried today. "Yeah, it's home. It's the best home we could have. Everyday with your friends. The best food I've ever tasted," here he waved his arm over the food and emmitted a slight chuckle. "Why does everything good have to end, eh? It's crappy."

"I've... been thinking," he said, his grip on her hand relazing just a little. "About going into the ministry. But... I'm not sure, I just don't think I'll get the grades for it, yernoo." Woah, it took a lot for Adam to admit that. Back to the houses. "Yeah, we are," Adam sighed, squeezing her hand again. A house, just for them two. "It'll be better than a pokey flat, and we'll have more room without using so many undetectable extention charms."

"That's another good thing; you'll be able to see Donny more. Maybe he could even come and stay with us if we... yerknow, get a house." He shrugged a little. It was just an idea.

But all of this talk of leaving was making him feel horrible, and he felt lucky he was on the end of the bench. On a spur of the moment, he pulled out a pair of handcuffs from his pocket. They'd been amongst the things he'd had shoved there, and they came out along with some bits of string, a watch, a pair of compasses and a quill. He didn't care for these things as they began rolling away from him. "I'm not.. I'm not going Lori," he said, clipping one around his wrist and another to the leg of his chair.

No. Adam Daniel Stemp was never ever ever leaving Hogwarts.

Eino didn't think he would care so much about House Points and the House Cup, but throughout his first year he developed an unparalleled and indescribable Ravenclaw pride. He felt like he belonged in that House and that it was his duty as a Ravenclaw to do anything he possibly could to make his house raise above all others. But alas, Ravenclaw was the last house. Yes, even Hufflepuffs had done a better job, but those bloody Slytherins had over double the points they had. "Yeah," He began in a rather melancholic tone, "it's a shame, but you're right, I will work harder next year, too! We will have a bajillion house points!" He paused for a while to check if he new any of the students who were now sitting at the table, but none were familiar. "So, what are you doing during the summer?"

Kel was kind of in a daze as he walked into the great hall for his last End of Term Feast ever. He couldn't believe that his five years at Hogwarts had gone by so quickly, and that he was actually graduating.

He plopped down at his house table, forgetting his manners and putting his elbows on the table so that he could rest his head on his hands. He looked around the room, seeing friends and people he didn't know, and probably wouldn't ever know, now. Merlin's Beard, it was weird to think that after he left this place, he was never going to come back.

Beautiful. This was all beautiful. In hindsight... and in the future, she'd look back and be happy that it was atleast a beautiful ending. With everyone, but a few importants, here.

Spurting out a chuckle and a sniff, Lorelai shook her head. "Mmm. But men who are in contact with their feminine sides are better." Maybe not when they wanted to shop... and be drama queens, but when they had some feelings, that was good. It was, it was! "I already have... I sobbed when I wrote in that book thing. I saw you go up..." She mused the last part, almost hinting on asking him what he'd wrote, and whether he had cried. But she knew already what his answer would be.

"I can cook, I hope you know that. Beans on toast, spaghetti bolognese, I make a mean curry aswell." Mean... being the operative word, because it was kiiiiinda spicy. Teehee. "We're not ending, are we?" Or did he not class 'them' as a good thing? Adam Stemp, answer yourself!

... THE MINISTRY?! Really?! Oh. Merlin. "I'm sure they'll take you on, Ad. I'm real sure of it. But don't.. well don't like.. don't beat yourself up about it yet, okay? We have now to worry about, and how we're going to get through this without me breaking down in tears, and gluing myself to a table." That was a fun thought, actually, she liked it. But she liked to walk in the grounds, and taking a table with her wasn't... seemingly fun.

"I kiiiiinda... miiiiight have told the estate agent lady that we were interested in this one in Somerset.. and I arranged a viewing for next week?" Heck, you couldn't blame HER! There was a big garden, and huuuuge bathrooms, AND A SWIMMING POOOL! Oh, and another few bathrooms and bedrooms, but who was counting, eh? "It's in the countryside, really..." So she could fly and everything.

... O____________________________________O

"Fine." She teased, with a grin, as she stood up. "I'll just.. uh. Buy that house, hook up with a model, and blow my trust fund on parties? Yeah, perfect sounding right?" Of course it was, SHE had came up with it.

Hugo nodded. "First couple of weeks I'm going to stay with my brother in his apartment in central London, close to Diagon Alley. Maybe we could meet up there with some friends," he smiled. "The last weeks I'm staying with my family in our cottage in Scotland. It's really nice and peaceful there." He looked around for no apparent reason. "What are you doing in the summer?"

Eino was jealous; he had always wished he had a brother he could spend time with, and who would teach him all kinds of cool stuff. "That sounds like fun!" Eino replied excitedly. "Yeah, we should meet in Diagon Alley during the summer." Eino wasn't sure what his parents had planned for the summer, but he knew it wasn't going as exciting as Hugo's summer. "I think my parents are sending me to Finland so I can stay with my grandparents, they want me to continue studying during summer." He wasn't particularly excited about this. They lived in an old shack in the middle of nowhere. The view was beautiful and Eino did enjoy getting lost in the woods, but there wasn't anyone to do anything with. And on top of that, Eino didn't know enough Finnish to communicate with his grandparents.

"Finland? Cool!" he said, but then saw the look on Eino's face. "Maybe you could ask your grandfather to connect the shack to the flu network, so you could visit places!" he said. Hugo found that idea quite brilliant actually. "And I think my brother doesn't mind if you stay for a couple days, actually. He's away looking for every galleon he can ever want, and meanwhile I'm just there practising spells in his cool London apartment. If only we could apparate..."

Yeah, Finland was cool. At least Eino really enjoyed going to Helsinki and even Lappi. The flu network, huh? What a great idea. Eino took note of it so he wouldn't forget. "I will ask!" He said as he wrote it down on a small piece of parchment, just in case since he was very forgetful. To stay in London? That would be so cool! Eino rejoiced at the idea, but he knew his parents would probably not let him go away, especially if his brother was away so often and they had no adult supervision. Eino wasn't the most responsible kid in the world, so it would be difficult convincing his parents, but he would do and say anything to make it happen. "That sounds great! I sure hope my parents let me. They can be a little strict. And if you want you can come visit me in Finland. I'm sure my grandparents won't mind, they like company, and we can do anything out there because there are no Muggles around, so we don't have to hide magic." Eino nodded in agreement. Yes, if only they could apparate, it would make traveling so much easier. "Oh, perhaps we can set up portkeys! That way it will be easier to travel." He suggested.

Jacob could see excitment in her eyes. It scared him, excitement was not good. Excitement meant thinking, thinking meant planning, and planning was always bad. Ravenclaws were too smart for their own good. Even Jacob, the insane, was partially intelligent. His Plan for the little ride down the stairs, such a simple thing, with such an elaborate plan. Planning was evil, and Jacob would have to watch Ellie closley. Intelligence is either a gift or a burden, and Ravenclaws obviously used that gify for evil.

Flying? Well Obviously, no matter if Nia was leaving, they needed to keep up their skills. Whoever the new captain will be, They were going to win this year. "Eating, Sleeping, cleaning the ships, working on my sword fighting, Flying, maiming birds with bats. Typical summer." he said rather plainly, not really realizing how weird it might have sounded. "Maybe raid a cargo ship or two, for old times sake" yup his grandfather wouldn't disapprove, actually he would happily help Jacob, and if his parents heard that Jacob was somewhat entering back into Piracy, they might speak to him again... One could hope.

Even though she was zoning out staring at the table, Vashti vaguely noticed someone sit down beside her, and once she acknowledged this, she was jerked out of her thoughts. She looked up and discovered that the person was JD. Seemed like forever since she'd talked to him or any of her former fellow Quidditch teammates. The blame for that probably lay in her overall anti-socialness throughout the year. Eh, well.

"Hey, JD," she said, forcing a smile to her face. It then that she noticed the pie sitting on the table in front of him. "What's with the pie?" Seriously, where'd he get that from? Had the feast come up already? Hm...nope, the plates were empty. Not that she was particularly hungry anyway - gasp! - but if it wasn't part of the feast, why did he have a pie?

Ellie's mouth fell slightly open and she gave Jacob a confused look. "Swordfighting? What for?" Now, dueling one could understand. With wands and magic and stuff. But swordfighting? That was so....muggle. And dueling could do much more damage. The phrase 'maiming birds' made her wince. She didn't think highly of animal cruelty. But...she wasn't going to say anything nope. "Raiding cargo ships?" Man, his life was so interesting.